PLAGUE OF GIANT CRABS
FISHERMEN SUGGEST ROLLING SEA BED. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, June 8. Fishermen at Corner Inlet, Southern Gippsland, have made a strange request to the Government. They declare that their livelihood is being jeopardised by an invasion of giant crabs, some of which are two feet across, which abound in local fishing waters.
The crabs, which are of a light strawberry colour, closely resemble the giant Japanese variety and can be seen two to three feet thick on the bed of the sea. At least twenty-two miles of the coast is affected and they are also swarming near Wilson’s Promontory. The fishermen are asking the Government for launches to haul heavy rollers over the sea-bed in order to crush the crabs.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19512, 10 June 1933, Page 17
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126PLAGUE OF GIANT CRABS Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19512, 10 June 1933, Page 17
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